SCREW AMERICAN IDOL!!!!
I normally don't care one way or another about that show - although the random times I have watched it, I always know which singers Simon will like. HINT: If they have really good pitch, they're halfway home with him.
I've also noticed the ones with the most success after leaving that show are the ones who know how to get or write the best material. Actually, that's really only one: A fellow Okie, Carrie Underwood.
But here's the bone I have to pick with AI: After waiting around for 24 hours last summer in Chicago to audition (at The United Center, I think?), the boneheads told Richard Perez he "wasn't what they were looking for." Huh? What's worse, he never even made it past the first layer of production assistants!
I personally have witnessed Richard absolutely scorch the paint off the walls with his in-the-moment, off the cuff improv vocal stuff in front of thousands of people. Not only does he have the range from hell - the guy can cover anyone from John Fogerty to Paul McCartney to Bob Seger to Johnny Cash to Roger Daltrey - he's got SOUL POWER, which cuts through the distance like a shot of electricity to everyone in the audience. In fact, lots of times... it seems like we ARE doing American Idol.
AI telling Rich to take a hike makes you wonder - what other kind of talent are they telling they're not what they're looking for?
I've also noticed the ones with the most success after leaving that show are the ones who know how to get or write the best material. Actually, that's really only one: A fellow Okie, Carrie Underwood.
But here's the bone I have to pick with AI: After waiting around for 24 hours last summer in Chicago to audition (at The United Center, I think?), the boneheads told Richard Perez he "wasn't what they were looking for." Huh? What's worse, he never even made it past the first layer of production assistants!
I personally have witnessed Richard absolutely scorch the paint off the walls with his in-the-moment, off the cuff improv vocal stuff in front of thousands of people. Not only does he have the range from hell - the guy can cover anyone from John Fogerty to Paul McCartney to Bob Seger to Johnny Cash to Roger Daltrey - he's got SOUL POWER, which cuts through the distance like a shot of electricity to everyone in the audience. In fact, lots of times... it seems like we ARE doing American Idol.
AI telling Rich to take a hike makes you wonder - what other kind of talent are they telling they're not what they're looking for?
